PhD in Materials Chemistry

Position as PhD Research Fellow in Solid-state electrochemistry is available at the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), Department of Chemistry./nThe fellowship period is three years./nA fourth year may be considered and it will involve 25 % of other career-promoting work. Other career-promoting work may consist of teaching, supervision, and/or research assistance. This is dependent upon the qualification of the applicant and the current needs of the department./nStarting date no later than October 1, 2026./nNo one can be appointed for more than one PhD Research Fellowship period at the University of Oslo./nPlace of work is Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN) at Blindern, Oslo./nThe PhD Research Fellow is part of the project Selective Oxygen Carriers with Catalytic Function for Sustainable Ethylen: innovating Redox chemistry in methane conversion (SOCCER) dedicated to research and innovations within chemical looping oxidative coupling of methane (CL-OCM). The project is coordinated by SINTEF, with University of Oslo (UiO) as a partner./nThe PhD Research Fellow will investigate oxygen storage capacity, electrocatalytic activity and transport properties of complex oxides to obtain mechanistic insight into the thermodynamics, surface reactions and transport processes involved in oxidative coupling of methane.